"It's her! After so many years! "....." I can't believe...we finally found the key!"" Where are my friends?" I questioned "I refuse to speak to you unless all of us are together."
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A smile appeared on the face of the cold beauty sitti...
I heard distant screams as I watched a woman running for her life, blood drops on her amulet. She was drenched in sweat, panting when I saw a man appear in front of her. He did not see her as of yet. The woman glanced lovingly at a wooden structure and took off the locket and put it inside it. It was then that I realised that it was a cradle. She whispered something in the ear of the infant and turned around facing the man. The man ruthlessly drove in the knife right onto her heart.
I woke up with a scream, only to find myself drenched and panting. It was a nightmare but it didn't feel like one....it felt.... familiar
I couldn't bring myself to sleep after that and I realised that it was already morning. I heard a knock on my door. It was Alvin and Ryker. I quickly called them in. They were talking about their plans of finding the lost children but somehow my heart was not in it. I was only thinking about the nightmare. There is only one person who can answer my questions.
" Where are you lost your majesty?" Alvin asked teasingly."Nothing" I replied. Suddenly I noticed a bandage on Ryker's hand. "How did you get that ?" I asked pointing to the bandage " I hit myself on the desk." He replied. But somehow it didn't feel like the real reason yet, I chose not to press on it . Alvin and Ryker left my room to prepare for the day.
I stepped out and walked towards the corridor. I met my father there " Good morning dear daughter, all set for the day?" I greeted him back and asked if I could see my brother. " Of course, he is in that chamber." he said pointing to one of the rooms. I nodded and went in. He was sleeping peacefully.
His room was filled with weird artifacts but it looked pretty. His table was neat except for a box on it . I went closer to have a better look and saw that the box contained a knife. The same one I had used to attack him that day.
Something drew me towards the knife and I had the urge to pick it up. I was lost in my thoughts when I heard the magician " Careful, princess or else I might end up dead here." I looked at him and then myself and to my surprise, I found myself holding the knife inches from him. Yet, I chose not to admit it and frigidly said " My check for your reflexes turned out to be utterly useless." He sighed and said something to himself.
I asked the question which I had been meaning to ask him from the morning. It had been troubling my mind. "So tell me about our kingdom. " I asked.
The magician tensed " Oh so that's why you are here." "Why do you want to sprinkle salt on the wound?" He asked. "Anyway long story short.. I was betrayed by corrupt ministers for the very amulet on your neck. They planned to steal it and then blamed the theft on me. I was ousted by my own mother and forbidden from entering the kingdom."
He said and walked out of the room before I could ask him anything else.
Magician
I felt her presence in the morning only to find her holding a knife in front of me. It wasn't startling but something in her made me a little curious. Maybe I wanted to know how she had grown up without any knowledge of her past. She was so ferocious and protective about the people she loved that even I wished to be protected by her in such a way.
Her looks reminded me of our motherland when she asked about my oust.... I felt bad....I felt that she would pity me after hearing my story. I didn't want pity so, I walked out before she could say something.
Seeing her, I was reminded of the time she was going to attack me in the cellar. Though I could defend myself....I just stood there waiting for her to make a move ..... Her courage and bravery inspired me.
If things were normal in Ahtohallan , we would be with our mother now.... The complete royal family.....
My mother, what can I say about her.... On one hand I hate her for ousting her own son but on the other, I feel her helplessness.... What could she have done when her own people asked to banish me. The rules must be the same for all.... Keeping me in prison would have broken her heart and I couldn't return to the kingdom with such accusations on my name.
I walked out and met my father..... "Don't tell her anything that might make us lose our chance of getting into the kingdom" he warned.
I nodded in response and made my way to the meeting room.
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Dagger
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Author's note
So, how did you feel about this chapter?
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